London Government Act 1963

4 (1) Subject to the provisions of this paragraph and paragraph 5 of this Schedule—

(a) as respects any areas in Greater London, the registers of parliamentary and local government electors which are, or apart from the said paragraph 5 would be, required by the Representation of the People Acts to be published not later than 15th February in the years 1964 and 1965 ; and

(b) as respects any administrative areas outside Greater London which are affected by Part I of this Act, the registers of parliamentary and local government electors required as aforesaid to be published not later than 15th February 1965,

shall be prepared and published on the basis that the changes of administrative areas (including the abolition of existing local government areas and the transfer of certain urban districts from one county to another) effected by Part I of this Act had all taken place on the passing of this Act; and in any provision of those Acts or of regulations thereunder relating to the registration of electors, corrupt and illegal practices lists and polling districts, references to local government areas and electoral areas shall, so far as concerns those registers, be construed as references respectively to the local government areas as they will exist as from 1st April 1965 and to the electoral areas in those local government areas.

(2) The foregoing sub-paragraph shall not affect—

(a) the provisions of the Representation of the People Act 1949 or paragraph 3(2) of this Schedule with respect to the office of registration officer ;

(b) the areas for which jurors books are to be prepared under the Juries Acts 1825 to 1954 ;

(c) the exercise of any powers conferred by section 11, 25 or 37 of the Local Government Act 1933 or section 84 of, or Schedule 1 or 2 to, this Act.